Safety Harness Question... Ascending/Descending
08-21-2008, 06:45 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Safety Harness Question... Ascending/Descending
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
A linemans belt is used while hanging stands or taking them down not for climbing up and down the ladders while hunting.
A linemans belt is used while hanging stands or taking them down not for climbing up and down the ladders while hunting.
08-21-2008, 08:36 PM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Magnolia, AR
Posts: 200
RE: Safety Harness Question... Ascending/Descending
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Tie a length of double braid rope to thetree above the stand and secure it to the bottom justto keep it near the treebut do not make it taught, there needs to bejust a slight bit of"slack" in it.
Then tie a prussic knot to the length of rope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDU4sSkXrIM
Attach the strap of your safety harness to this prussic knot with a carabiner. It will slide up and down the rope but instantly tightens up should you fall.
Or you can just buy a "treestand life line" from hunters safety system that has all of this already tied and ready to go. Click to watch the video to see how this system works.
http://www.huntersafetysystem.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9
Tie a length of double braid rope to thetree above the stand and secure it to the bottom justto keep it near the treebut do not make it taught, there needs to bejust a slight bit of"slack" in it.
Then tie a prussic knot to the length of rope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDU4sSkXrIM
Attach the strap of your safety harness to this prussic knot with a carabiner. It will slide up and down the rope but instantly tightens up should you fall.
Or you can just buy a "treestand life line" from hunters safety system that has all of this already tied and ready to go. Click to watch the video to see how this system works.
http://www.huntersafetysystem.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9
